Chip Roy and other Republicans champion bill to ban foreigners adhering to Sharia law from entering the United States

Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas and several other House Republicans are pushing a bill banning foreigners adhering to Sharia law from entering the United States and expelling any such person in the country.

“America faces an existential threat: the spread of sharia law. From Texas to every state in the union, cases of sharia adherents have threatened the American way of life, seeking to replace our legal system and constitution with an incompatible ideology that diminishes the rights of women, children and individuals of different faiths,” Roy said, according to a report. press release.

“Europe should be a wake-up call to America, showing what the spread of Sharia law looks like – the erosion of the West. America’s immigration system must be strengthened to counter the importation of Sharia adherents – the preservation of our constitutional republic and its people depends on it,” he said.

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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, sits next to Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., as they listen during a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Roy is currently running for Attorney General of the Lone Star State.

“The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, as appropriate, will deny any immigration benefit, visa, immigration relief, or admission to the United States to any alien who adheres to Sharia law,” the department said. text of the measure declared. “Any alien in the United States found to be an adherent of Sharia law by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney General will have any immigration benefits, immigration relief, or visa withdrawn, will be considered inadmissible or deportable, and will be removed from the United States.”

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“Any alien who provides false statements under 18 USC § 1001 to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, or any Federal agency, or in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the United States Government, concerning the alien’s adherence to Sharia law, will have immigration benefits, immigration relief, or the visa from the alien, be considered inadmissible or deportable and will be removed from the United States,” the proposal states.

Original co-sponsors of the legislation include Republican Reps. Randy Fine of Florida, Tim Burchett of Tennessee and Keith Self of Texas.

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GOP Reps. Barry Moore of Alabama, Mary Miller of Illinois, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Sheri Biggs of South Carolina, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma and Andrew Clyde of Georgia have joined as cosponsors, according to congress.gov.